Malik visits SMHS, enquires health condition of injured Pulwama students
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik Thursday visited SMHS hospital and enquired about the health condition of students who sustained injuries on Wednesday in a mysterious blast at private school. Malik along with a delegation met with the injured students and talked to their attendants’, doctors on duty and enquired about […]
Tourism deptt opens formal registration of Adventure Tour Operators in JK
Srinagar: After setting up guidelines for travel companies, the Department of Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir Thursday opened up the formal registration of Adventure Tour Operators in the State. As per the Government order issued by the Department of Tourism, the prospective Adventure Tour Operators within the State can apply for registration as Adventure Tour Operators […]
Pending salaries of SSA teachers, head teachers released
Srinagar: The education department on Thursday said pending salaries of six months of SSA teachers and Head teachers has been released. Secretary School Education, Ajeet Kumar Sahu in a report to Advisor to Governor, in-Charge School Education, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, informed that department has released the pending salaries of six months of SSA teachers and […]
Two people saved from drowning in Ravi river
Jammu: Police personnel with assistance from disaster relief agencies rescued two men trapped in the flooded Ravi river in Kathua district, police said. “Surinder Singh of Amritsar in Punjab and Luvpreet Singh of Gurdaspur in Punjab were crossing the Ravi river when they found themselves drowning,” a police official said. Upon being alerted, a police […]
Drug peddler held in Ganderbal
Srinagar: A suspected drug peddler was arrested in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said Thursday. “Police arrested a drug peddler Wednesday following action against those involved in drug peddling in Ganderbal,” a police official said. The arrested person has been identified as Suhail Ahmed Tantray, he said, adding that 15 bottles of Codeine Phosphate, an […]
After weeklong blockade, traffic resumes on Jmu-Sgr highway
‘No fresh convoy will be allowed to ply today’
Jammu: One way traffic from Jammu on the highway connecting Srinagar was allowed on Wednesday, a day after the strategic road linking Kashmir with rest of the country was cleared of snow, officials said. The resumption of traffic on the 270-km highway after seven days closure came as a major relief to the stranded passengers […]
Defending Article 35-A: Shutdown called by separatist’s hits normal life
Srinagar: Normal life was hit in Kashmir on Wednesday due to a shutdown called by separatists to protest against the legal challenge to Article 35-A and Article 370 of the Constitution, which grant special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir. Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutional validity of the articles. The […]
Omar calls for probe
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday called for a probe into the blast in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which 12 schoolchildren were injured. “Education must be made conflict neutral. It is unacceptable & inhuman to have explosives going off inside class rooms. I condemn this act unequivocally & hope that it […]
Pak Govt plans crackdown on hate speech on social media platforms
Islamabad: The Pakistan government plans will crack down on “hate speech” on social media from next week and set up a new authority, which will enforce regulations for the digital, print and electronic media, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said here on Wednesday. “We have created a mechanism through which we will control hate speech on […]